As you read yesterday, the fifth and final season of “Merlin” starts at 10 tonight on Syfy. So to celebrate, I’m giving away DVD and Blu-ray copies (one of each) of the fourth season, which comes out Jan. 15 from BBC Home Entertainment. Here’s the BBC’s description: Arthurian legend takes shape in the fourth season … Continue Reading →
As Dear Abby might say: Happy new year, dear readers! And I can think of few ways to better start off another year of being a geek than watching the return of “Merlin” on Syfy at 10 p.m. Friday. Die-hard fans have probably already used the Internet to watch the fifth series (aka season, for … Continue Reading →
Boy, take a few days off and all sorts of cool stuff happens. First, congrats to Team Metro Detroit at the Big Buck World Championship this past weekend. Three local brothers and three women went to New York for the games, which still went on despite the aftereffects of Superstorm Sandy. Christina Ronyecz of Madison … Continue Reading →
The trouble with nostalgia titles is that they don’t always live up to childhood memories. While I enjoyed the release of Saturday morning staple “Isis” a while back, the years haven’t been as kind to its one-time partner “Shazam!,” now available from the Warner Bros. Archive Collection. The series aired from 1974-76, and I admit … Continue Reading →
Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m watching “Looney Tunes Platinum Collection” (vol. 2). Yes, director Chuck Jones’ iconic hunting trilogy, with the iconic lines “Duck Season! Wabbit Season!” and “Shoot him now! Shoot him now!,” are in this three-Blu-ray (or two-DVD) set along with 47 other “Looney Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies,” plus 31 more related shorts … Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Added Warner Bros. movies! I don’t usually post a lot about new acquisitions and announcements of upcoming DVD/Blu-rays — mainly because I just get so many of them. But a few have crossed my desk in the last couple days that I feel deserve some special attention because of the awesomeness involved with the … Continue Reading →
UPDATE: Finally got a look at “666 Park Avenue”! With a compelling new season of “Alphas” on Syfy and a rollicking new series of “Doctor Who” on BBC America, the networks have a high bar to meet this fall with their smattering of new geek-centric shows. Though, I must say, fave “Warehouse 13″ has dipped … Continue Reading →
“Ghost Hunters” returns to Syfy tonight without one of its core members. Grant Wilson left the show a few months ago at the midseason finale to pursue other interests, among them the gaming company Rather Dashing Games. Grant was my favorite, and the show suffers a bit for his absence. The hunts are still fun … Continue Reading →
The 2011 network TV season’s second fairy tale-based series makes its debut on DVD and Blu-ray this week as “Once Upon a Time” prepares for its second season of curse-breaking fun. In this show, the evil queen from the “Snow White” tale has cursed all of the fairy tale characters to live in a dreary … Continue Reading →
For some pop culture collectors to watch Syfy’s “Collection Intervention,” it feels something like Googling your sore knee and concluding you have a brain tumor. But no matter what the size of your stash, “Collection Intervention” (premieres tonight) and the Travel Channel’s new “Toy Hunter” (premieres Wednesday) are interesting additions to the reality genre. “Collection … Continue Reading →